THE OMBUDSMAN is urging the Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha and the Cabinet to get involved in a dispute at Suvarnabhumi Airport to ensure consumers can pick up their duty-free goods at pickup counters in commercial areas there.

A joint venture led by CP Group may be the front-runner in bidding for the Bt224 billion project to build a high-speed rail link between three international airports with the best offer in the third stage of bidding.

THE FUTURE of an ex-Bahrain national footballer, who has been granted Australian refugee status, was left hanging in the balance after a Thai court yesterday ruled in favour of detaining him for another 60 days pending an official extradition request from his native country.

BSR Joint Venture has passed the requirements for its technical bid for the high-speed railway project that will link three main airports in the country, with the winner expected to be announced this month.

AMNESTY International Australia has called on Thailand to release Hakeem al-Araibi, a former Bahraini national footballer and now an Australian resident, who was detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he was wanted under an Interpol notice.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will issue a protest note to Singapore over the operation of the instrument landing system (ILS) to be used by Seletar Airport near its border with Johor, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

A Syrian refugee who spent months in limbo in a budget terminal at a Malaysian airport has arrived in Vancouver after he was granted permanent residency by Canada, a government source and his lawyer said Tuesday.

TWO THAI women and a Korean man were arrested for allegedly recruiting Thais to work illegally in South Korea, Immigration Police chief Maj-General Surachet Hakpal told the press at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sunday.